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Place of birth

Luddesdown Kent [2]

Surrey [2]

Aldershot [1]

Bath Somerset [1]

Beckley. Kent [1]

Benenden, nr Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Blacker Hill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bow Street, Lisburn, County Antrim. [1]

Boxmoor,Hemel Hempstead,Herts [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Cambrwell, Surrey [1]

Catford, Lewisham, London [1]

Chart Sutton, Kent [1]

Crayford Kent [1]

Croydon Surrey [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Deal [1]

East Malling Kent [1]

Erdington Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Eriswell Suffolk [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Folkestone Kent [1]

Gravesend Kent [1]

Gretton, Northamptonshire [1]

Hammersmith Middlesex [1]

Headley, Hampshire [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Islington London [1]

Islington Middlesex [1]

Lenham, Kent [1]

Littleover Derbyshire [1]

Reigate Surrey [1]

Rochester Kent [1]

Stoke Newington [1]

Tewkesbury [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Ulcombe Kent [1]

West Haddon [1]

Westminster Middlesex [1]

Willesden Middlesex [1]

Woodchurch, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [94]

Serjeant [16]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Driver [2]

Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Appointed Acting Corporal [1]

Appointed Paid L/Cpl [1]

Appointed unpaid L/Cpl [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporl [1]

Corporol [1]

L/Cpl [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

PRIVATE [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private. Granted Prof. Pay Class 1 [1]

Promoted Corporol [1]

Pte [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temp 2nd Lt. [1]

Trooper [1]

pte [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [49]

The Queens Regiment [38]

The Queens Bays [29]

Labour Corps [19]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [12]

Queens Royal West Surrey [11]

The Queens Regiment Territorial Force [7]

Dragoon Guards [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

The Queens Regiment Transport [3]

The Queens Royal West Surrey [3]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Lancers [2]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2]

Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

The Queens Labour Corps [2]

"Queens" Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

15th Hussars [1]

16th (The Queens) Lancers [1]

1st Surrey Yeomanry [1]

1st The Queens Regiment [1]

6th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Attached to the Queens Westminster Rifles [1]

Battalion Canadian Rifles [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Depot Queens Regiment [1]

Dragoons [1]

East Kent Regient. The Buffs. [1]

East Kent Regiment. The Buffs. [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

General Service. Attested [1]

General Service. Promoted to Army Reserve [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Honourable Artillery Column [1]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (inc. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [1]

Inns of Court Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [143]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [16]

C [15]

M [15]

A [14]

B [11]

G [11]

P [11]

W [11]

S [7]

D [6]

R [5]

T [4]

E [3]

F [3]

J [3]

K [3]

N [2]

O [2]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [142]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Ireland [1]

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People [143] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Luddesdown Kent [2] Surrey [2] Aldershot [1] Bath Somerset [1] Beckley. Kent [1] Benenden, nr Cranbrook, Kent [1] Blacker Hill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bow Street, Lisburn, County Antrim. [1] Boxmoor,Hemel Hempstead,Herts [1] Brixton, London [1] Cambrwell, Surrey [1] Catford, Lewisham, London [1] Chart Sutton, Kent [1] Crayford Kent [1] Croydon Surrey [1] Dalston, London [1] Deal [1] East Malling Kent [1] Erdington Aston Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Eriswell Suffolk [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Folkestone Kent [1] Gravesend Kent [1] Gretton, Northamptonshire [1] Hammersmith Middlesex [1] Headley, Hampshire [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Islington London [1] Islington Middlesex [1] Lenham, Kent [1] Littleover Derbyshire [1] Reigate Surrey [1] Rochester Kent [1] Stoke Newington [1] Tewkesbury [1] Tottenham, London [1] Ulcombe Kent [1] West Haddon [1] Westminster Middlesex [1] Willesden Middlesex [1] Woodchurch, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [94] Serjeant [16] Second Lieutenant [13] Corporal [11] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [11] Captain [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Driver [2] Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Appointed Acting Corporal [1] Appointed Paid L/Cpl [1] Appointed unpaid L/Cpl [1] Bugler [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporl [1] Corporol [1] L/Cpl [1] L/cpl [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] PRIVATE [1] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private. Granted Prof. Pay Class 1 [1] Promoted Corporol [1] Pte [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temp 2nd Lt. [1] Trooper [1] pte [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [49] The Queens Regiment [38] The Queens Bays [29] Labour Corps [19] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [12] Queens Royal West Surrey [11] The Queens Regiment Territorial Force [7] Dragoon Guards [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Flying Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] The Queens Regiment Transport [3] The Queens Royal West Surrey [3] Corps of Dragoons [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Lancers [2] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2] Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] The Queens Labour Corps [2] "Queens" Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] 15th Hussars [1] 16th (The Queens) Lancers [1] 1st Surrey Yeomanry [1] 1st The Queens Regiment [1] 6th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Service Corps [1] Attached to the Queens Westminster Rifles [1] Battalion Canadian Rifles [1] Border Regiment [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Depot Queens Regiment [1] Dragoons [1] East Kent Regient. The Buffs. [1] East Kent Regiment. The Buffs. [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] General Service. Attested [1] General Service. Promoted to Army Reserve [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Honourable Artillery Column [1] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (inc. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) [1] Inns of Court Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [143] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [16] C [15] M [15] A [14] B [11] G [11] P [11] W [11] S [7] D [6] R [5] T [4] E [3] F [3] J [3] K [3] N [2] O [2] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [142]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Ireland [1]

Clarence Jarman

Born 1896

Died 1996

British Army G/1644 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army The Queens Regiment 7th Bn.

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James Albert Goodwin

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army G 12704 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 12704 Private Queens Own Royal Surrey 7th Batt

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Charles James Weeks

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army G12965 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/12965 Private Queens Royal West Surrey Reg't 2nd Batt

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Albert John Porter

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army G/5933 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 5933 Private Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 5933 Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 8th Battallion A Company

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Isaac Chapman

Born 1860

British Army 698 Sergeant Major The Buffs

British Army Sergeant Major The Buffs 29th Training Reserve Batt

British Army 38065 Regimental Sergeant Major Queens Royal West Surrey 16th

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Frederick William Turner

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army G/14846 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G. 14846 Private The Queens Royal West Surrey 1st Batt.

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C P C Macnaughtan

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queens Bays

British Army Captain The Queens Bays

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C P C Macnaughtan

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queens Bays

British Army Captain The Queens Bays

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William T Tickner

British Army 7612 Corporal The Queens Regiment

British Army 243281 Corporal The Queens Regiment

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John Thomas Goodwin

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army G/40118 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G.40118 Acting Corporal Queens Royal West Surrey 6th Batt

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Horace Flexon Andrews

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army L/6986 (Incomplete) Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L.6986 Private Queens West Surrey 2nd Batt

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Fred Murrell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army L/10618 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L.10618 Private Queens Royal West Surrey 10th Batt.

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Horace Flexon Andrews

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army L/6986 Private The Queen's Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L.6986 Private Queens Royal West Surrey 2nd Btn

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William Frederick Henry Holmans

Born 1891

Died 1945

British Army 3080 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/24802 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army Private Queens Royal West Kent 10th Battalion

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Harry William Francis Ponter

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queens Regiment attached King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant The Queens Regiment attached King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frederick Banfield

Born 1876

British Army 47275 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 73819 Private Labour Corps

British Army 47275+73819 Queens Regiment+Royal West Surrey 16th Labour Company

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Victor George Toler-Aylward

Born 1897

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queens Bays

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Frederick Guy Knight

British Army Captain The Queens Bays

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Henry Duncan Ryan Reilly

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Captain The Queens Regiment attached East Surrey Regiment

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Walter Gammage

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army G/21973 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/21973 L/Cpl Queens (royal West Surrey Regiment)

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